• Non-Invasive Ventilation

    A breakdown of non-invasive ventilation based on a difficult patient case.

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  • Lessons from a Fighter Pilot

    I’m always interested in learning how others think and frame what they do. Increasingly I feel that the internal dialogue and frameworks we cultivate have a disproportionate effect on how we conduct ourselves in work and life. Hasard Lee is a US Air Force fighter pilot who has flown over 80 combat missions in Afghanistan,…

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  • 5. Gas Exchange

    Subheadings– Oxygen transport and storage– Oxygen consumption and delivery– Oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve– Hypoxia– Carbon dioxide Oxygen transport and storage The transport of oxygen flows along a cascade of pressure, from a higher pressure source (atmosphere, 21 kPa) to a lower pressure destination (mitochondria, <5 kPa). At each stage in this cascade there is a subsequent…

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